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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

The nominations have been announced the for 7th Annual Asian Film Awards.

Leading with six nominations each were 浮城谜事 (Mystery) by 娄烨 (Lou Ye) and 범죄와의 전쟁 : 나쁜놈들 전성시대 (Nameless Gangsters: Rules of the Time) by 윤종빈 (Yun Jong-bin). The latter movie, however, was not nominated for Best Film.

Competing against Mystery for Best Film are 毒戰 (Drug War), Gangs of वासेपुर I & II (Gangs Of Wasseypur Part 1 & 2), アウトレイジ ビヨンド (Outrage Beyond), and 피에타 (Pieta). All Best Film nominees were also nominated for Best Director except 杜琪峰 (Johnnie To) for Drug War. Instead, Abbas Kiarostami took the fifth spot for ライク・サムワン・イン・ラブ (Like Someone In Love).
30 films from 9 countries compete in the Asian Film Awards' 14 categories. India has four nominated films for the first time, while countries such as Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia were shut out. Winners will be selected by a jury headed by 劉德華 (Andy Lau).

The 7th annual Asian Film Awards ceremony takes place in the Grand Hall of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on March 18, 2013, the opening night of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.